Los Angeles Kings vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Monday, February 24, 1986 · Civic Arena

5–6

34–43

Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Los Angeles Kings 6–5 in overtime on Monday, February 24, 1986 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Kings 43–34.

Craig Simpson scored twice. Dave Taylor, Bryan Erickson, Bernie Nicholls, Phil Sykes, Terry Ruskowski, Dan Frawley, Mike Bullard, Joe Paterson and Doug Shedden also scored.

Roberto Romano made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Roland Melanson stopped 37 of 43.

Goals
LAK	4	0	1	0	5	34
PIT	0	3	2	1	6	43

Scoring

1st period

Dave Taylor (28)Marcel Dionne (45)1–000:38 LAK
Bryan Erickson (15)Bernie Nicholls (41), Dean Kennedy (8)2–013:18 LAK
Bernie Nicholls (29)Bryan Erickson (16)3–014:59 LAK ·
Phil Sykes (16)Dave Williams (25), Garry Galley (8)4–018:16 LAK

2nd period

Terry Ruskowski (21)Mario Lemieux (73), Doug Shedden (29)4–109:55 PIT
Dan Frawley (8)Troy Loney (4), Craig Simpson (14)4–217:57 PIT
Mike Bullard (36)Terry Ruskowski (27), Mario Lemieux (74)4–318:44 PIT ·

3rd period

Craig Simpson (8)Dan Frawley (7), Moe Mantha (44)4–404:27 PIT
Craig Simpson (9)Dan Frawley (8), Troy Loney (5)4–508:50 PIT
Joe Paterson (9)Marcel Dionne (46), Dave Taylor (33)5–509:24 LAK

Overtime

Doug Shedden (31)Mario Lemieux (75), Norm Schmidt (13)5–603:54 PIT

Team stats

LAKPIT

3443

0%0%

0/11/5

2517

Penalties

8:26 into the first periodJoe Paterson · fighting5 min
8:26 into the first periodJim Johnson · fighting5 min
10:36 into the first periodCraig Redmond · holding2 min
13:43 into the first periodJay Wells · tripping2 min
14:02 into the first periodDean Kennedy · roughing2 min
14:02 into the first periodRoland Melanson · slashing2 min
14:02 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · roughing2 min
14:02 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · slashing2 min
16:03 into the first periodSean Mckenna · roughing2 min
16:03 into the first periodDan Frawley · roughing2 min
18:53 into the first periodJay Wells · hooking2 min
20:00 into the first periodBench · player leaves bench2 min
20:00 into the first periodBench · player leaves bench2 min
11:37 into the second periodJoe Paterson · roughing double minor4 min
11:37 into the second periodRandy Hillier · roughing2 min
18:34 into the second periodLarry Playfair · holding2 min
5:25 into the third periodJim Johnson · tripping2 min

Season series

Kings vs Penguins head-to-head →

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings skaters

9Bernie NichollsC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	–	–
15Bryan EricksonC	1	1	2	0	1	0	–	–
16Marcel DionneC	0	2	2	−1	4	0	–	–
18Dave TaylorR	1	1	2	−1	6	0	–	–
7Phil SykesL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	–	–
22Dave WilliamsL	0	1	1	0	2	0	–	–
27Joe PatersonL	1	0	1	−1	2	9	–	–
3Garry GalleyD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	–	–
6Dean KennedyD	0	1	1	0	1	2	–	–
8Brian WilksC	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
10Sean MckennaR	0	0	0	0	5	2	–	–
12Morris LukowichL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
14Len HachbornC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
2Craig RedmondD	0	0	0	−1	3	2	–	–
5Mark HardyD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
20Larry PlayfairD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
24Jay WellsD	0	0	0	0	2	4	–	–
26Allan TuerD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–

Los Angeles Kings goalies
Goalie
31Roland MelansonG	L	43	37	6	.861	63:54
35Darren EliotG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

18Craig SimpsonL	2	1	3	+2	3	0	–	–
28Dan FrawleyR	1	2	3	+2	5	2	–	–
66Mario LemieuxC	0	3	3	+1	4	0	–	–
8Terry RuskowskiC	1	1	2	+2	2	4	–	–
11Troy LoneyL	0	2	2	+2	2	0	–	–
14Doug SheddenC	1	1	2	+1	5	0	–	–
22Mike BullardC	1	0	1	−2	3	0	–	–
20Moe ManthaD	0	1	1	−2	5	0	–	–
25Norm SchmidtD	0	1	1	+2	3	0	–	–
9John ChabotC	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
10Bob ErreyL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
19Willy LindstromR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
26Mike BlaisdellR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
32Dave HannanC	0	0	0	−3	0	0	–	–
3Doug BodgerD	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
5Ville SirenD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
6Jim JohnsonD	0	0	0	+2	5	7	–	–
23Randy HillierD	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
27Gilles MelocheG		11	7	4	.636	20:00
30Roberto RomanoG	W	23	22	1	.957	43:54